introduction; presentation; referral; listing
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
process; course; mechanism
to count on one's fingers
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
all; entire; whole; altogether
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
by today; before the day is over
highly unpredictable; touch and go
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to be entwined; to be involved
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to gain a victory; to win
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
second; number two; runner-up
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)